Truck Idle for the Summer Nights

I used window nets on 2 windows and a rechargeable fan when I had to sleep in the truck. Had a nice breeze all night. Worked pretty good just pray it doesn't suddenly start to rain

 

Your ‘18 3500 has DPF. It’s not immune from getting clogged up. An idling diesel just doesn’t produce enough heat to burn this DEF properly. There’s plenty of options for pickup drivers to stay cool without idling for AC.

 

In a pickup? Idle it up a little so she doesn’t wet stack.
In a semi? I’ll idle all night no high idle for company trucks. If it was mine I’d bump it up a around 900.

Idling will not hurt a Diesel engine if you take proper measures. Change the dang oil don’t let it turn into 20% fuel. My 2019 company t680 has ran almost constantly since it’s been in the 80s

 

I don't think it hurts the DPF. Detroit has auto elevation now on the computers. When idleing long time it take 6 hours to fill the DPF. Then the computers will do a parked Regen automatically. It raises engine to 1250 RPMs only take 20 minutes. It only has so many cycles but then you pull them out and clean then at 250k of 350k.

Today they also have this cleaning stuff that can clean out all the soot for the engine. Pittsburgh Power always talks about as kind of standard maintenance for the emission engine at 250k the Diesel Force cleaning. It's a foam that clean everything inside the engine it's a little expensive

 

So if the truck has auto regen you don't need high idle when idling overnight?

 

Volvo engines Idle all night at like 600rpm. If it was me I would idle at 900 RPMs that what Detroit and Cummins say I believe. It has not changes. In the winter you want to keep engine warm so fuel does not wash by the Piston ring and get into the oil. That how it was on the old S60 Detroit engines. The new engines are much tighter so maybe I don't matter any more.

I was told by Detroit repairs shop. The injectors are designed to run full open all the time. So at Idle they load up with extra fuel and they just were not made for that. That plus the keeping the Pistons hot burning all the fuel was the reason to raise to 900RPMs on the S60.

Don't think their is a perfect answer today. I would idle at 900 RPM if it was my engine

 

Maybe a generator and some small a/c would work.
3500 Watt Super Quiet Inverter Generator

Gas kinda sucks because of more bad fumes. Would not want to get the fumes sucked in truck

 

They make portable ac systems.. Google it. Its not a swamp cooler its a real portable ac with freon and compressor everything.. Runs on lithium battery . think its about 600 dollars. Im sure u could find it on google. I saw it on youtube